cultivated in this country. I have never met with it in any part of England.

SECT. II.-Melting red or purple fruited.

19. ACTON SCOT. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 140. t. 10. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 552.

Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale rose. Fruit rather small, or below the middle size, somewhat narrowed at the apex, where it is usually very much depressed. Suture shallow, on one side of which it is fuller than on the other. Skin rather woolly, pale yellow, of a bright red on the sunny side, and marbled with a deeper colour. Flesh melting, yellowishwhite to the stone, from which it separates. Juice sugary, with a slight bitter, but flavour pretty good.

Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. This was raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle; the offspring of the Noblesse, impregnated with the Red Nutmeg, and was exhibited for the first time at the Horticultural Society in 1814.

20. BELLEGARDE. Duhamel. 28. t. 20. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545. Pom. Mag. t. 26. Galande.

Early Galande.

Violette Hâtive.

according to the Pom. Mag. of the English Nurseries.

Noire de Montreuil, of the French Nurseries.

Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, bright reddish pink. Fruit pretty large, globular, of a very regular figure, with a shallow suture, and a slightly hollowed apex, with a little projecting point in its centre. Skin, on the exposed side, rich deep red, with dark purple or violet streaks; on the shaded side, pale green faintly tinged with yellow. Flesh pale yellow, slightly rayed with red at the stone, very melting, juicy, and

rich, and from which it separates. slightly pointed.

· 21. BARRINGTON.

Stone rather large,

G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans.

Vol. v. p. 543. Pom. Mag. t. 147.

Buckingham Mignonne, according to the Pom. Mag. Fruit rather large and handsome, roundish, somewhat elongated, and rather pointed at the summit. Suture moderately deep along one side. Skin pale yellowish green next the wall, deep red next the sun, marbled with a darker colour. Flesh yellowish white, slightly rayed with crimson tints next the stone, from which it parts freely; melting, juicy, and very rich. Stone middle sized, ovate, with a lengthened sharp point, very rugged, and of a dark brown colour.

Ripe the middle and latter end of September.

This very handsome and valuable Peach was raised above twenty years ago by a Mr. Barrington, of Burwood, in Surrey. I purchased it some years ago from the late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, under the name of Buckingham Mignonne.

22. CHANCELLOR. Miller, No. 14.

t. 61.

Pom. Mag. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 550. Chancellière. Duhamel, Vol. ii. p. 24.

Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, reddish. Fruit large, oval, with a very distinct suture, having a rather small cavity at the base. Skin not very downy, dark crimson next the sun, pale yellow next the wall, finely mottled towards the union of the two colours. Flesh pale yellow, but of a very deep red next the stone, from which it separates. Juice rich, and of a vinous flavour. Stone oblong, tapering to the base, and pointed at the summit.

Ripe the middle of September.

This is not the Véritable Chancellière of Duhamel, which has large flowers, and must be considered as the true Chancellor; but appears to be mentioned by him

at the conclusion of his description of that fruit. The Chancellor Peach is said to have been raised from a seed of the Chevreux, in the garden of M. de Seguier, Chancellor of France.

23. DOUBLE SWALSH. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 550.

Swalze or Swolze. Langley, p. 105. t. 32. fig. 1.

Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, dark red. Fruit middle sized, somewhat ovate, and mostly terminated by a small nipple. Suture deep, on one side of which it is considerably more swelled than on the other. Skin pale yellow next the wall, but of a bright and deep red on the sunny side. Flesh soft, melting and white, but pale red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful and well flavoured.

Ripe the beginning and middle of September.

This Peach ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a west wall, August 1st, O. S., or August 12th, N. S. Langley.

Langley says, the Double Swalsh Peach was brought into England by Lord Peterborough before 1729. 24. EARLY ADMIRABLE. Langley, p. 103. t. 30. fig. 2. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545. Admirable. Duhamel, 29. t. 21. Miller, No. 19. Belle de Vitry. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 277.

Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers middlesized, pale red. Fruit above the middle size, somewhat globular. Skin yellowish white next the wall, but of a beautiful red on the side next the sun. Flesh white, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, vinous, and well flavoured.

Ripe the middle of September.

The Early Admirable Peach ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a south-east wall, August 3d, O. S., or August 14th, N. S.-Langley.

This Peach, although by no means an early one, has

been called the Early Admirable in the time of Miller, a name which cannot now be abandoned, because we have another peach called the Late Admirable. M. NOISETTE, in the Bon. Jard., makes his Belle de Vitry a synonym of it; but in this he is not sanctioned by Duhamel, who has always been considered as of unquestionable authority.

25. EARLY VINEYARD. Aiton's Epitome. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 543.

Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale rose. Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, and a little depressed at the apex, swelled a little more on one side of the suture than on the other, and very hollow at the base. Skin yellowish white next the wall, and sprinkled with red dots; but of a dull red, and marked with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, except at the stone, where it is tinged with red, and from which it separates. Juice sugary, very rich, and high flavoured.

Ripe the end of August or the beginning of Sep

tember.

The name of this peach originated with the late Mr. Lee of Hammersmith, whose nursery, at the early part of its establishment by his father, was called the Vineyard. It has somewhat the appearance of the Grosse Mignonne, but it is not so large nor of so dark a colour, and Mr. Lee assured me it always ripened on his wall a week or ten days earlier: had the two peaches been alike, it could not have escaped the notice of that very distinguished cultivator. For this reason, and from my own observation, I have determined not to abandon the name to a mere synonym. On the other hand, I am quite satisfied that plants may be purchased from nurseries, under this name, that may prove to be the Grosse Mignonne.

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26. GEORGE THE FOURTH. Hort. Trans. Vol. vi. p. 413. Pom. Mag. t. 105.

Leaves large, acutely crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, dull red. Fruit middle-sized, globular, deeply lobed at the summit, with a deep cavity for the footstalks, projecting more on one side of the suture than on the other. Skin moderately downy, of a uniform dark red next the sun, and of a fine pale yellow on the shaded part, mottled with bright red at the junction of the two colours. Flesh pale yellow, rayed with red at the stone, from which it parts freely. Stone very small, bluntly oval, not particularly rugged. Flavour good when upon an open wall, excellent when forced. It is said in the Pom. Mag. to be between a Clingstone and a Melter.

Ripe about the middle of September.

An American variety of considerable importance, not so much for, its good quality as a hardy kind, as for being a forcing peach of great merit.

Mr. Michael Floy, of New York, in his letter of November 5. 1823, says, "This is one of the finest peaches I have seen, and the richest I have tasted: it originated in the garden of Mr. Gill, in Broad Street, in this city. This is the second year of its fruiting. The original tree is remarkable thrifty and bore a very full crop this season."

27. GROSSE MIGNONNE. Duhamel, 14. t. 10. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 543.

Mignonne. Ib.

Veloutée de Merlet. Ib.

Grimwood's Royal George. Hooker's Pom. Lond. 41.

Grimwood's New Royal George,

French Mignonne,

Large French Mignonne,

Vineuse. Lelieur.

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of the English

Nurseries.

Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large,